You Had To Be There

By Hi Barr

What's You Had To Be There about?

Iconic Moments in Pop Culture History!

Each episode, You Had To Be There gives a different host an assignment: Find and interview an eyewitness to a specific iconic moment in pop culture history…in just 48 hours.

Listen to the inside stories on the biggest moments in pop culture history from the people who were there!

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You Had To Be There episodes:

04.09.2024
Kerri Strug’s 1996 Olympic Gold Medal-Winning Vault
Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Kerri Strug's gold medal-winning vault at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. This episode features interview with: Katherine Lieberson Teeny Lieberson Alice Thacker Stacy Cook Jon Sigger John...
03.26.2024
1979 NCAA Championship: Bird vs. Magic
Former professional skateboarder and filmmaker Monihan Monihan goes on a 48-hour journey from Seattle to Kathmandu to find and interview someone who was at the 1979 NCAA Basketball Championship game featuring Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. This episode features interview with: Joan...
03.12.2024
WrestleMania I
Artist, actor, writer and musician, River Ramirez goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at WrestleMania I in 1985. This episode features interview with: Keith Elliot Greenberg Brett Davis CREDITS You Had To Be There is a Hi Barr Production. Created...
02.27.2024
Survivor: Borneo Finale
Journalist and writer, Brandon Sneed goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was at the final tribal council in the first season of the blockbuster reality show Survivor in the summer of 2000. This episode features an...
02.20.2024
John Lennon + Yoko Ono: Bed-ins for Peace
Musician and artist Jen Goma goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in one of the hotel suites during one of John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Bed-Ins for Peace in 1969. This episode features interviews with: Jerry...
02.13.2024
Pulp Fiction Wins Cannes
In celebration of Pulp Fiction’s 30th anniversary, Hollywood producer, Adam Karp is sent on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in attendance at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994 when Pulp Fiction took home the Palme...
02.06.2024
The Moon Landing
Comedian Naomi Karavani goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview someone who was in NASA's Mission Control when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969. This episode features interviews with: (in order of appearance) Jeff Simmermon Lois Rosson Rick Sternbach John M. Logsdon Rushmore...
01.30.2024
Saturday Night Live - Garth Brooks
Actor and comedian Tommy Kang, goes on a 48-hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to the night when Garth Brooks hosted Saturday Night Live and performed as Chris Gaines. In Saturday Night Live - Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines, Tommy talks...
01.23.2024
The Last Waltz
Producer and film director Julia Thompson goes on a 48 hour journey to find and interview an eyewitness to Martin Scorsese’s iconic concert film The Last Waltz. This episode includes interviews with: Nadia Szold, Nicole McCormick, Steven Prince, Jonathan Taplin, Bartees...
12.20.2023
You Had To Be There
COMING THIS JANUARY FROM HI BARR: You Had To Be There is a first-of-its-kind podcast where we’re taking listeners back to iconic moments in pop culture history where…you had to be there. This isn’t your run-of-the-mill interview show; it’s a journey...

What's You Had To Be There about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

You Had To Be There episodes:

Kerri Strug’s 1996 Olympic Gold Medal-Winning Vault

1979 NCAA Championship: Bird vs. Magic

WrestleMania I

Survivor: Borneo Finale

John Lennon + Yoko Ono: Bed-ins for Peace

Pulp Fiction Wins Cannes

The Moon Landing

Saturday Night Live - Garth Brooks

The Last Waltz

You Had To Be There

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